GR2 Opens Dominican Facility

GR2 Opens Dominican FacilityGlen Raven Global Resources (GR2), Glen Raven, N.C., has formed a strategic partnership with Dominican Republic-based Phoenix Apparel Resources to open a 70,000-square-foot cut-and-sew facility in the Dominican Republic. The partnership enhances Glen Ravens ability to provide complete apparel packages to its customers.Our new plant allows us to offer customers competitive advantages over the Far East with cost-efficient production and rapid delivery, said Doug Wilson, vice president, GR2.The new facility offers Glen Ravens U.S. customers benefits of proximity, as well as favorable trade advantages created by the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI).October 2001